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  • Asia IP & TMT: Quarterly Review - Third Quarter 2022
    We are delighted to share with you our latest Quarterly Review featuring IP & TMT updates from around the region.
  • CFIUS Risk Factors Expanded by Executive Order
    Investors and US businesses should carefully consider the implications of and monitor the implementation of an executive order issued yesterday expanding and clarifying the factors that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) considers when evaluating if a foreign investment provides a risk to US national security. This Legal Update gives details on these factors.
  • Ukraine Crisis
    The crisis in Ukraine has tremendous implications for our clients, many of whom have employees or family directly at risk, operations that have been affected and supply chains that have been interrupted. Mayer Brown’s Ukraine Crisis Core Response team is working to ensure that our clients have access to the critical information and insight that they require.
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  • September 28
    2022
    Recent Actions by Commerce Department Reiterates Increased Enforcement of Export Restrictions on China
    Late this August, the U.S. Department of Commerce took steps to restrict certain artificial intelligence computer chips from export or reexport to China, and added seven entities to the Bureau of Industry & Security (“BIS”) Entity List. Both actions reflect Commerce’s continued increased focus on enforcing export restrictions that target China.
  • September 28
    2022
    US and China Reach Agreement to Audit Chinese Companies Listed on US Exchanges
    On August 26, the Public Company Accountability Board (“PCAOB”), the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China signed a Statement of Protocol Agreement (“Protocol Agreement”) that provides a framework for the PCAOB to investigate and inspect PCAOB-registered public accounting firms in China and Hong Kong. The deal is potentially the first step in bringing PCAOB-registered public accounting firms in China and Hong Kong into compliance with US law, and preventing the delisting companies listed on US exchanges under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act of 2020 (“HFCAA”) for employing such firms to conduct their audits. However, US regulators have signaled that only full compliance with the Protocol Agreement will prevent delistings, and that they will be watching very closely to see if the Chinese government will permit unimpeded investigations and inspections by the PCAOB.
  • September 28
    2022
    CFIUS Reports Record Year in 2021, Including an Increased Focus on China
    In August, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) released its annual report for the 2021 calendar year. The report summarizes the number of filings submitted to CFIUS and investigations conducted by the Committee in the relevant calendar year, filtered through various criteria, including countries and industries involved.